When I started this blog, I thought I'd write a lot more about the crafts. After all, I'm a crafty-type person, and Roller Derby just invites making things. But I haven't been so good about doing that lately. There are a lot of things I
want to make for derby purposes, but I haven't gotten around to
doing all of them.
I've been collecting ideas, though, in another place, and sharing them. I have a Squidoo lens called "
Roller Derby Crafts." If you visit it, you can see a huge - and growing - collection of craft project links that could be useful for the Roller Derby skater or fan. It's going to grow as I find more stuff to do - or as I do more stuff, so I recommend visiting frequently!
Do you like my hat? It's from
Knockdown Knits, by Toni Carr, aka
Joan of Dark of the
Naptown Roller Girls. This is a whole book of Roller Derby knitting patterns, and I love it. Since the author is a Derby Girl, she knows just what you'd want to knit for roller derby. The patterns range from really easy to a little bit complicated, and she's been careful to use yarn that should be fairly easy to find (in the U.S., anyway), and that's usually inexpensive. The "Know Your Jammer" hat (and its companion, "Know Your Pivot") is easier than it looks, because you knit it flat, and then seam it up when you're finished. It's made of bulky yarn, so you can knit one in a weekend and have it ready to wear to your next practice!
Knockdown Knits is just one of the "Things To Make For Roller Derby" resources I feature on
my Squidoo Site, so if I've convinced you that it's worth checking out (and it is - I love it!), come see the rest.
What's Squidoo? It's an open, free platform that lets you create tightly focused pages - called "lenses" - to organize and share information about whatever interests you. You can
check out Squidoo here.
I love this hat! I tried finding the book but I cant buy it anywhere, do you have the pattern?
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